Individual tea and coffee service



'May 3 1949. P. o. CHAUDRON i 2,469,032

INDIVDUAL TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE Filed Aug. 2l, 1946 Patented May 3, 1949 for convenient andsafe transport 'ena sane'ertdasi 25 desired destination where all 'of'the essentials-"fo a" cup ofcoffee or tealfwillbTat-hahdHin theagz" sembly.

Another object' is *to-provide' anindivid1ialteaf" andv vcoffee. servicefwherei'r'i "afpoig-crearne?, sug. `30 receptacle and-cup are adapt'edor "compact" interi" fitting' assembly" asl-aunif' on? "a'-*'sa'1oer i for con?" venient transport by a Waiter or the likieffto"*ai patronl Or Dih.

A further object is to provide an individual tea 35 and coffee sev'i-c* wherein separate beverage, cream and sugar containersmay be assembledlin inter-'ittine covein'reation to each other andVM in which said containers and a cup may be associated as""a"urit`A fr cnvnien'tand's'fe trans- 4() port onafsaucer.

Yet another object is to provide an indi duafg tea and coffeservice including'laipet, a crea er, a'sugar bowl," a cup and a saceijstackedonthe saucer and with either the -craner or thefsugar 4D bowl adapted-to serve as-a-cover for the pot.

It'is,` moreoven-"my lpurpose""and objetghi eally to limprove the structure' and eombinli'lit OfeIements yof individual' tea"and"coieenseifvi sets.

In the accompanying drawing:-

1 is an elevation; partlvfinmedialf crosssee't'inf of "an" individual tea and coiTee service having the elements thereof formed and com- 55 haniilefSS, as' frepre oilh" empiypfrfig. 1 but with the inverted i2 an'dfshape for seating" in` The cup may be of a conventional shape with a handle 42 and an interior space for accommodating the Creamer and sugar receptacle as illustrated in Fig, 1.

It will be obvious that, in the Fig. 1 assembly, both the Creamer and the inverted Cup constitute Covers for the fill opening I8 of the pot, while the Creamer is Covered by the sugar receptacle within the inverted Cup, which latter covers the sugar receptacle. The assembly conveniently may be Carried on the saucer I6 to any desired destination where it may be set down as a unit on any available table or other support where Y it will occupy relatively little space until a patron or patient is ready for his beverage, at which time the pot may be replaced by the Cup on the saucer, followed by pouring of the beverage from the pot into the cup. The Creamer and sugar receptacle may remain on the pot, as in Fig. 2, While the beverage is being poured but, preferably, they will be lifted from the pot before pouring and the sugar receptacle may directly cover the pot, as suggested in Fig. 3.

Obviously, either or both sugar and cream may be put in the cup before or after pouring of the beverage.

The various elements of my improved individual service may be made of China, Crockery, glass, metal or of any of various plastic or 'composition materials, and may be variously modied as to shapes and sizes without departing from the invention as defined in the accompanying Claims.

I Claim as my invention:

1. A beverage service, comprising a pot for holding a supply of the beverage and having a top wall with central ll-opening therein, said top wall being disposed appreciably below the plane of the top edges of the side walls of the pot whereby the top edge portions of the side walls extend as an annular flange above and around said top wall, an open top Creamer having exterior maximum diameter substantially less than the interior diameter of said annular flange and having a base part seated on said top wall of the pot and closing said fill-opening, a sugar bowl seated within the walls at said open top of the Creamer and substantially Closing the open top of the Creamer, and an inverted cup enclosing the Creamer and sugar bowl and resting on said top wall of the pot within and restrained against lateral movement by the said annular flange at the top of the pot.

2. A tea and Coiee service, comprising a pot having a top wall with fill-opening therein, a Creamer having a maximum horizontal Crosssectional dimension substantially less than the horizontal Cross-sectional dimension of the top of the pot, and having a base portion of size and shape to t within said fill-opening of the pot and having an exterior annular shoulder for seating on said top wall of the pot, whereby the Creamer constitutes a removable Closure for the fill-opening of the pot, said Creamer having an open top, a sugar bowl seated in the open top of the Creamer and constituting a removable Closure therefor, said top wall of the pot having an annular upstanding flange encircling the llopening of the pot, and an inverted Cup enclosing said Creamer and sugar bowl and having its annular lip resting on the top wall of the pot within said annular ange and restrained by the ange against lateral displacement.

3. A tea and coffee service, comprising a pot having a top wall with ll-Opening therein, a Creamer mounted on said top wall of the pot removably Closing the fill-opening therein, there being inter-fitting portions on the pot and Creamer restraining the Creamer against lateral displacement, said Creamer having a top opening therein, a sugar bowl mounted on said Creamer in position substantially Closing the top opening therein, there being inter-fitting portions on the Creamer and sugar bowl restraining the sugar bowl against lateral displacement, and an inverted Cup enclosing said Creamer and sugar bowl and supported on said top wall of the pot, there being an annular ange on the pot within which the inverted Cup ts and by which the Cup is restrained against lateral displacement.

4. A tea and Colee service, comprising a pot having a top wall with fill-opening therein, an open top Creamer having a base part for seating within said ll-opening as a removable closure therefor, a sugar bowl having a body portion of size and shape for seating within the open top of the Creamer as a removable Closure therefor and, selectively, for seating within said ll-opening of the pot as a removable Closure therefor, an inverted Cup adapted to rest on said top wall of the pot in Covering relation to said ull-opening in said top wall, and adapted in said relation to enclose said Creamer and sugar bowl when the Creamer is seated in the ll-opening of the pot and the sugar bowl is seated in the top opening of the Creamer, and means on the pot projecting above said top wall and adapted to engage the inverted cup exteriorly at a plurality of locations around the cup, thereby to restrain the Cup against lateral movement relative to the pot.

5. A tea and Coffee service, Comprising a saucer, a pot resting on the saucer and having a top wall with fill-opening therein, an annular ange upstanding from the top wall and surrounding said fill-opening, an open top Creamer having a base part Closing said ll-opening and inter-fitting with portions of said top wall which restrain lateral displacement of the Creamer, a sugar bowl substantially Closing the top opening of the Creamer and inter-fitting with wall portions of the Creamer which restrain lateral displacement of the sugar bowl, and an inverted cup enclosing the Creamer and sugar bowl and resting on said top wall of the pot Within said annular flange and restrained by the flange against lateral displacement.

PERCY O. CHAUDRON.

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